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Lecture 1
One of the paradoxes of otherness is that in travel each conceives the other to be a
foreigner
Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with distance or the exotic. It is almost
entirely an inner experience.
The whole point of travel is discovery, and few experiences can match the satisfaction of
such an extraordinary discovery near home.
Theroux
voluntary apartheid that keeps tourists and locals separate
Tourists always labour un